Gladys was sitting on her chair. When hearing the door being opened, she smiled at Verena, who was walking in, "Welcome."
Verena held back the mixed feelings inside her and forced a smile, "Hello, Gladys."
"Take a seat! What happened this time?"
Though she had only met Verena for a few times, she loved to talk with this tough and brave girl.
Though Verena felt a bit awkward to mention her request, she pinched her thigh hard and tried to hold back the pain, "I…I need more money to pay off the surgery for my father…so…"
When hearing that, Gladys knew what had happened.
She sighed, "What a hard time for you!"
Verena then cut straight into the topic, "Gladys, can I get money as much as possible in a short time?"
Gladys then turned around to hand her a flyer, "Have a look."
But Verena had been quite familiar with it.
Though she had seen it, she still couldn't help shivering when holding the flyer. Then she raised her eyes to look at Gladys, "Gladys, it's an auction of women trafficking…I don't want to…"
But Gladys interrupted, "I know what you are thinking. But this is the only and best choice now. Have you ever thought about the total of the medical fee of your father? It's a continuous cost. Even if you sleep with anyone of those rich guys tonight, you can only pay for the surgery this time. But what are you going to for the next surgery?"
Verena moved her lips a bit. But she failed to utter a word.
Though it sounded cruel, that was the reality she had to face.
"Sleep with another guy next time? As long as you attend the auction, you have no idea how much you can get from it. But it must be a big money for you! And then you can definitely pay off the fee for your father during a certain period of time. Perhaps your father will also wake up then. Now you have two choices only—you may sleep anyone of them or many of them. As far as I know about you, I am sure the first choice would be better for you." Gladys fixed her eyes on her.
"You are a good girl. So I really hope that you can choose to attend the auction. You would rather just stay with one of them than many of them."
Verena kept her head down while she kept trembling all over. So did her heart.
After quite a while, her hoarse voice finally sounded again in the office, "Okay…"
She even noticed herself that her own voice this time sounded so different from usual that she even failed to recognize it.
She seemed to feel that that was not her own voice!
"Just get yourself prepared. The auction will be held tomorrow night. All girls are now ready to pick up the most eye-catching dress for their own. And you have to be the most impressive one!"
Verena forced out a word to answer, "Okay!"
Then Gladys sighed and comforted her, "Just get used to it. No one wants to make this choice, including most girls here."
"I know that. Gladys, don't worry about me."
Verena smiled. But her heart was still overwhelmed by bad feelings.
"Okay." Gladys nodded.
After hearing the rules mentioned by Gladys, Verena headed for the fitting room.
There were all kinds of girls in the fitting room, who were all picking up the dress or costume they needed for tomorrow night.
Verena didn't step forward. She just stood in a corner.
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